Coriolanus
Act V, Scene 5
Rome. A street near the city gate.
Veturia, called by Plutarch "Volumnia"
Guillaume Rouille, 1553
- Enter two Senators with Ladies (Volumnia, Virgilia,
- Valeria), passing over the stage, with other Lords.
Second Roman Senator
1 - 6- Behold our patroness, the life of Rome!
- Call all your tribes together, praise the gods,
- And make triumphant fires! Strew flowers before them!
- Unshout the noise that banish’d Martius!
- Repeal him with the welcome of his mother.
- Cry, “Welcome, ladies, welcome!”
Lords and Senators
7 - 8- Welcome, ladies,
- Welcome!
- A flourish with drums and trumpets. Exeunt.